....^ and thats why at this stage in their game, I respect people like Billy Sheehan, George Lynch, Kotzen, Paul Gilbert and a few others. Sure, once in a while they fire up the "day job" bands for a album and tour, but overall..they move forward and try new things to fulfil those musical desires. Records like Winery Dogs and the to be released KXM from Lynch are exciting my ears for more than than the next band "trying" to sound like Survivor/Journey etc, or the actual bands forcing themselves to try and re-write records they made 25 years ago, because some record company has that on their wish list. Some of the few bands that seemingly move forward but keep one eye on past hallmarks are Winger, UFO and Europe. They split opinion, but at least they are being true to themselves.